March 3, 2015

Nissan’s design team has really been turning up the wick lately, and now we get to see how a Euro-centric hatchback would look wearing the brand’s latest design language. In a word: awesome. It’s not always easy to make a little five-door look good, but Nissan appears to have made a subcompact...

December 10, 2014

This last-generation Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 does things that SUVs just shouldn't be able to do, like win drag races against tuned Nissan GT-R and BMW M3 coupes. Granted, the owner isn't coming into this fight with a stock Jeep - far from it. In addition to twin turbos whistling away, he says the engine is a 449-cubic-inch V8, which is nearly 7.4 liters of displacement.
As it runs here, the driver claims that the turbos are pumping out around 14 psi of boost to give an estimated 840...

December 8, 2014

We drive the 2015 Nissan Murano
We found plenty to like in the 2015 Nissan Murano after taking it for a spin out on the West Coast, starting with its bold new style. There aren't any major drivetrain updates over the previous generation, but the powerful V6 engine and CVT transmission that powers either the front or all four wheels is still a fine performer. Read all about it in our First Drive report.
Volvo XC90 T8 Hybrid to be fast and efficient
When the Volvo...

December 5, 2014

With 22 months of record Leaf sales under its zero-emission belt, Nissan has started two big ad campaigns for the battery-powered Leaf. On TV, there's the Kick Gas campaign (it's a popular name) and on social media, Nissan is promoting the EV as the "world's cleanest car" (it's a paint thing). We don't know how much the paint prank is costing, but we do have some estimated numbers for the TV ads.

December 4, 2014

We drive the 2015 Chevy Trax cute 'ute
There's an interesting mix of small crossover hatchbacks mixing it up anew on American roads these days, and into the fray jumps Chevrolet with its new 2015 Trax. Does this slightly homely competitor from Chevy have what it takes to compete with the Kia Soul, Nissan Juke and Subaru XV Crosstrek, not to mention upcoming models from Honda and Mazda?
James Bond gets Aston Martin DB10 for Spectre
Daniel Craig is set to reprise his...

Toyota's confirmation comes on the heels of General Motors' successful launch of its own midsize pickups.
The next generation of the Toyota Tacoma pickup truck will be revealed in January at the Detroit Auto Show, a top executive confirmed Thursday.
Bob Carter, senior vice president of automotive operations for Toyota, offered no other details, but the new version of the pickup is expected to have significant upgrades compared with the aging...

December 3, 2014

Consumer Reports is crunching the numbers from its annual owner-satisfaction survey, and part of that process is finding out how attached drivers are to their cars. CR simply asks readers of models up to three years old if they would buy the same vehicle again in light of their entire ownership experience, and tallies the results. After looking at the responses for about 350,000 vehicles, it turns out that people really love a certain California-built, electrically powered luxury sedan.
That's...

December 1, 2014

Australian racing fans are staring down the end of an era as news breaks that Ford will no longer participate in the V8 Supercars series. Although the official announcement has yet to be made, the decision - as reported widely in the automotive press Down Under and in global motorsport publications - indicates that the Blue Oval automaker has already confirmed its intentions to its shareholders early on Monday to shut down its factory effort in the popular tin-top series at the end of next...

November 30, 2014

Just a few years ago, Holden and Ford were the only manufacturers competing in Australia's V8 Supercars series. But those days were left long ago in a cloud of smoke on the track, and are only disappearing even further in the rearview mirror as the latest intel suggests Lexus could be ready to enter the series as well.
Speaking with CarAdvice.com.au at the local launch of the RC coupe, Lexus Australia chief Sean Hanley revealed that his office approached the race organizers to hold "very high-...

November 26, 2014

We Say Goodbye To Today's Cadillac CTS-V
The raucous Cadillac CTS-V lineup we've come to know and love is drifting off into the sunset. There's a new one on the horizon, but it probably won't be quite the same animal that today's sedan, coupe and wagon are. We give the second-gen V a heroic sendoff - an Irish Wake, if you will - at Austin's phenomenal Circuit of the Americas. Join us as we shed a few tears and more than a little rubber.
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November 20, 2014

"Coda did a good job developing the car ... but when they got to the starting line, it died." - Richard Curtis
Let's get this out of the way right up front: the "new" Mullen 700e is not a whole lot different than the long-expired Coda Sedan, the all-electric version it's based on. Actually, "based on" is too generous. The 700e you see above is really just the Coda EV with different badges. When the 700e goes on sale, it will have some updates...

November 19, 2014

Mazda is taking advantage of the Los Angeles Auto Show to introduce the latest addition to the family, the 2016 CX-3. This ultra-compact SUV sits directly under the CX-5 and will run up against the Chevrolet Trax, Nissan Juke, Jeep Renegade and the all-new Honda HR-V. The CX-3’s timing is …